24.10.2003

Your Own Star Wars Home Theater
Amazing what fans are able to build on their own. Have a look at this Star Wars themed home theater. Wow, I think now I know what I can do during the next winter season... 4:22:08 PM

Plug and Play - If you know how

Some weeks ago I was very disappointed about my powerbook as it didn't work as I thought it should. But let's start at the beginning of the story: Before my vacation I bougth this nice little DV Cam from Sony (TRV-80) and used it a little bit during my walks through the Alps and filmed a little bit. When I arrived at home again I connected the cam with the supplied USB cable with my powerbook at thought iMovie would automatically popup and I could simply transfer the movies. WRONG. Nothing happened and the cam wasn't recognized at all :( So I started to read the manual :) and found out that using a Mac, the USB cable doesn't work. Great! So, I started to install the tons of different programms and drivers for my windows PC and well after hours it worked somehow. But the supplied software really sucks. And then I saw Stefano on the GT using his Sony Cam and a Powerbook and asked him, if it worked for him and he said: "Sure". As he (and Pier) found out that I tried the USB cable, they both said: "No, you have to use the FireWire one.". And in the end this was a great help! So, back at home, I searched for the FireWire cable - but it's (of course, we all know Sony, don't we) not shipped with the cam - and of course you have to know that Sony calls FireWire iLink...so I bought this week a very simple looking but expensive cable and..tata...it simply works. I can now control my cam using iMovie etc. Great, thanks Stefano and Pier for the info! Ok, iMovie crashed ones during the import, but who cares about that - and I guess this has been fixed with Panther - only 12 hours to go... 7:44:58 AM